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CIGARETTE MACHINE.

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EMIL MOONELIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTEMACHINE.

srnoIFroATIon forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,039, time August 16, 1898. Application filed February 8,1896. Renewed J'anuary14, 1898. Serial N5. 666,715. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL MOONELIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for making cigarettes singly in contradistinction to those machines that employ a continuous band of paper for the wrapper, and it is intended to be used principally in the making ofcigarettes with tobacco Wrappers, or what is known in the trade as alltobacco cigarettes. Heretofore the machines which have been designed for this purpose have proved inefficient in many respects, notably in that they were unable to properly handle and roll the wrapper upon the filler and secure even, slightly-uniform, and commercially-marketable articles. The veinous formation of the tobacco-leaf used for wrappers in making these cigarettes requires a delicacy of manipulation which the skilled hand is able to give and which it is my desire in the present machine to simulate, a feature heretofore but partially understood and provided for in alltobacco-cigarette machines. Ancillary to this main problem of delicately handling the tobacco wrapper are others depending thereon which I have also to an extent provided for and which, together with the main feature, I will discuss in the following specification and will point out in the claims appended .thereto the particular novelty for which I desire Letters Patent.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of one embodiment of the invention, illustrating the action of the mechanism by which the tobacco is fed in desirable quantities to the rolling-table. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side of the machine, showing the manner in which the tobacco is caught, held, and compressed preparatory to being inclosed withinthe wrapper. Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation, and Fig. 4 is a top plan view rep-' resentingtheaction of the machine as illustrated in Fig.2. Fig. 5 is a view in diagram showing that portion of the feeding mechanism which performs in part the first step in the operation-that isto say, the feeding of the tobacco to a receiving-chute." Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the discharge of the tobacco from the chute to the pocket of the rolling device orthe completion of the first step in the operation. Fig. 7 is a view in diagram illustrating the second step or the shaping of the filler. Fig. 8 is a view in diagram showing the fillertaken up, also the application of the wrapper. Fig. 9 is a similar view showing the cigarette passing from the rolling-table to the cutter. Figs. 10 and 11 are similar views in diagram illustrating the action of the cutter, and Fig. 12 is a View in diagram showing the finished cigarette passing through the discharge-chute. Fig. 13 is a fragmentary view in elevation of the actuating mechanism by which the carriage of the feeder is reciprocated. Fig. 14 is a similar view showing the gearing of the feedrolls. Fig. 15 is a fragmentary view of the mechanism controlling the discharge of the tobacco from the feeder to the rolling-table. Fig. 16 is a similar view of the actuating mechanism of the roller, and Fig. 17 is a fragmentary view of the cutter-actuating mechanism.

The machine comprises a feeder by which the tobacco .is delivered in determined quantities, a rolling-table and apron which serve to apply the wrapper, and a cutter for reducing the cigarettes to a desired length, all of which will be taken up and described in sequence.

The feeding mechanism comprises a reciprocating carriage 1, movable in the direction of its length in fixed guides 2, which are supported above a table 3 in any suitable manner, as by brackets 4. The feeder-carriage is movable toward and away from the point of deposit to the forming mechanism hereinafter described. Mounted on rollers 5, journaled between the side plates 6 of the carriage, is an endless belt 7, to which the tobacco in loose form is fed from a supply-hopper and upon which it is carried forward to the feeclerrolls 8 and 9, which are also j ournaled upon the carriage. By means of a terminal tightener 10 the belt is sustained taut, so as to facilitate an equable distribution of the tobacco thereon and insure its proper delivery to the (See Figs. 1 and 2.) To avoid waste rolls.

and retain the tobacco upon the belt, the side platesof the carriage are provided with flaring strips or flanges 11, which project inward beyond the sides and lie just out of contact with the upper surface of the belt. In passing beneath the plain-faced feeder-roll 8 the tobacco is slightly compressed to prevent crumbling and consequent waste and is fed forward into the receiving-chute 12 by being caught by projecting teeth 13 of the feederroll proper, 9. (See Fig. 5.)

As will appearlater on, the several mechanisms constituting the machine are actuated successively, and it is therefore essential that the feeder-carriage should have an intermittent motion. To effect this, duplicate levers 14 are employed, they being fixed upon a rock-shaft 14, journaled in bearings 15 on the machine-frame. These levers extend forward and upward from the shaft and terminate in enlarged heads 16, which are notched to receive gudgeons 17, projecting laterally from the forward end of the feeder-carriage and through which connection horizontal reciprocatory motion is imparted to the carriage. From a point at or near the center of this rock-shaft an arm 18 extends downward and is provided with a terminal roller 19, which latter is yieldingly retained in close engagement with a cam 20 upon the main shaft 21 of the machine. As the action of this cam serves only to impart motion in one direction or.move the carriage forward in its guides,

the reverse movement of the carriage is effected by means of a retractile spring 22,

connected with a downward-projecting arm 23 of the rock-shaft. (See Fig. 13.) During such time as the carriage remains at rest or in its normal positionthat is, at the limit of its backward movementthe feed mechanism is brought into action through the gearing now to be described. Fixed to the shaft carrying the toothed feeder-roll 9 is a pinion 24, which through the shifting of the carriage is periodically brought into engagement with a contin uously-rotating gear-wheel 25, mounted upon a shaft 26, journaled in a stationary bracket 27, extending up from the main frame, motion being imparted to the gear 25, referred to, through a sprocket-wheel 28, keyed upon and revolving with the main shaft, and a sprocket-pinion 29 upon the gearshaft driven by a chain belt 30. (See Fig. 2.)

Upon the opposite side of the carriage and keyed to the shaft of feeder-roll 9 last mentioned is a worm-pinion 31, which meshes with and drives a worm-gear 32, carried by an angularly-disposed shaft 33, journaled in bracket-bearings 34, secured to the side plate of the carriage. This shaft carries a worm 35, meshing with a worm-wheel 36 upon the shaft of the forward feeder-belt roll 5, upon which latter a gear 37 is fixed and meshes with a pinion 38, carried by the shaft of the plain-faced feeder-roll 8. (See Figs. 1, 4, and 14.) Having geared the feeder belt and feeder-rolls together in a manner to render them dependent for motion upon the reciprocation of the carriage, it will be obvious from the foregoing description that the feed mechanism will operate only during the periods that the gear is meshing with constantlyrotating gear 24 and that by changing the form of the cam the period of engagement between the carriage-feed gear and the drivinggear from the main shaft may be regulated as desired to increase or decrease the quantity of tobacco fed to the receiving-chute. The periodical discharge of the tobacco from this chute is effected by means of an approxim ately right-angular lever 39, pivoted at 40 to the carriage track or guide 2, the short arm 41 thereof being bent up and lying in the path of travel ofapin 42,'projecting from the side plate 6 of the carriage, and is thereby tripped at each forward movement of the carriage. This motion serves to depress the long arm 43 of the lever, which lies in engagement with an angular extension 44 of a shaft 45, to which shaft the gate 46 of the tobacco-receiving chute is fixed and held normally closed by a plate-spring 47, the action of the lever, however, being sufiicient to overcome the resistance of the spring and open the gate, thereby permitting the tobacco contained in the chute to fall upon the rolling-table. (See Fig. 1.) 4

In being discharged from the feeder-chute the tobacco is caught in a pocket 48, formed by the rollingapron 49 between the side plates 50 of the rolling-table 51. This apron is secured at its forward end to the terminal Vertical face 52 of the arched bed 53'of the table and at its opposite extremity to the rod 54, connecting duplicate rock arms or levers 55, which latter are arranged upon opposite sides of the table and pivoted upon a common rock-shaft or with their axes alined, as at 56. Rearward from a point 57 the tablebed is cut away to permit the apron to sag downward to form a receiving-pocket, into which, as before stated, the tobacco is discharged from the feeder-chute. (See Figs. 1, 6, and 16.)

The closing of the chute-gate occurs immediately upon the reversal of the feederecarriage, which upon reaching the limit of its backward movement brings a tampin g device 58 into position to act upon the pocketed tobacco. Mounted in bracketed bearings 59, fixed to one of the feeder-guides 2 of the main frame, is a rock-shaft 60, which, through an integral arm 61, a sliding rod 62, and a cam 63, carried by the main sprocket-wheel'28, receives motion from the main shaft. This motion is transmitted by a terminal depressorarm 63 of the rock-shaft to a tamper 64, the rods thereof being slidingly mounted in tubular bearings 65, arranged at the forward end of the feeder-carriage, between the side plates thereof, and supported normally elevated by helical springs 66, which encircle the rods 67. (See Fig. 15.) By the action of the cam the depressor-arm is oscillated and the tamper leaves the rolling-table.

forced downward against the action of its springs until it enters and compresses the to-,

bacco contained in the receiving-pocket of the rolling-apron, (see Fig. 7,) its retraction being rendered automatic by the resulting expansion of the springs when released by the cam. Extending across the arched bed of the rolling-table and beneath the apron is a roller 68, rotatably mounted and carried in upper terminal bearings 69 of duplicate rock arms or levers 70. An oscillatory movement is imparted to the levers to carry the roller forward and backward over the arched table-bed, and thereby apply the wrapper to the filler contained in the bight. Projecting downward from the axis of these oscillating levers is an arm 71, provided with a terminal roller 72, which is yieldingly retained in close contact witha cam 7 3 upon the main shaft, a retractile spring 74 being employed to effecta retraction.

or reversal of the levers and at the same time insure positive action.

Rigid upon and partaking of the motion'of the roller-carrying lever-shaft is an arm 75, which in actionengages and trips the short arms or an angular extension 76 of the aproncarrying levers 55, causing the latter to move rearward a distance sufficient to draw the apron taut. (See Fig. 16.)

By a proper relative arrangement of the engaging arms just referred to the straining of the apron is made subsequent to the forward motion of the roller, which latter, lying beneath the apron and moving from its normal position to a point 77 on the arched bedplate of-the table, closes the looped pocket (see Fig. 8) by folding theapron upon itself, the contained tobacco'being thereby given the desired shape. At a point 7 8 the pasted wrapper is placed upon the apron and taken up by the action of the roller in a manner to compactly inclose the filler. Upon reaching the limit of their forward movement the levers carry the roller beyond the rolling-table, and thereby discharge the cigarette, which passes therefrom and is caught in semicircular openings of a rotary cutter. (See Figs. 9 and 10.) Simultaneous with the ejection of the cigarette from the rolling-table the aproncarrying levers are brought into action (see Fig. 16) and moved rearward, drawing the apron taut. Upon the further rotation of the cam, however, and acted upon by the retractile spring the levers resume their normal posi tion, thereby reforming the pocket preparatory to the succeeding discharge.

Rotatably mounted in bearings 79, formed in forward-projecting lugs 80 of the side plates of the rolling-table, is a shaft 81, carrying duplicate disks 82, provided with a series of cir' cumferential notches 83, which are alined so as to receive and retain the cigarette as it (See Fig. 4:.) Motion is imparted to the rotary cutter from the cam upon the main shaft through the pawl and ratchet 84E, bell-crank lever 85, and connecting-rod 86, between the long arm of the bell-crank lever and the pawl-carrying arm.

(See Fig. 17.) The rotation of the cutter through a half-revolution brings the cigarette into engagement with stationary blades 87,

-I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cigarette-makin g machine, the combination of the cigarette-forming dev1ces,suitable tobacco-feedin g mechanism, operating mechanism for the forming devices,and means for automatically throwing the feeding mechanism into and out of gear with the said operating mechanism of the forming devices to operate and arrest the feed with proper relation to the movement of the forming devices, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cigarette-making machine, the combination of the cigarette forming devices,suitable tobacco-feeding mechanism a feed-chute constructed to receive the tobacco from the feeding mechanism, operating mechanism for the forming devices, means for automatically throwing the feeding mechanism into and out of gear with the said operating mechanism,

and means for automatically discharging the contents of the feed-chute to the forming de-1 vices, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cigarette-making machine, the combination of the forming mechanism, with a reciprocating carriage supporting suitable feeding devices, and gearing between the forming mechanism and feeding devices adapted to be thrown into and out of gear by the movement of the carriage, substantially as set forth.

4. In a cigarette-making machine, the combination of the forming mechanism with the reciprocating carriage supporting suitable feeding devices, a feed-chute adapted to receive the tobacco from the feeding devices,

gearing between the forming mechanism and feeding devices adapted to be thrown into and out of gear by the movement of the carriage and means operated by the movement of the carriage for discharging the tobacco from the feed-chute, substantially as set forth.

5. In a cigarette-making machine, the combination of suitable forming mechanism, with a reciprocating feeder-carriage, feed-rolls and an endless feed-belt carried by the carriage,

and suitable operatingearing between the forming mechanism and feeding devices thrown into and out of gear by the movement of the carriage, substantially as set forth.

6. In a cigarette-making machine, the combination of suitable forming mechanism, operating means, a constantly-operating gearwheel 25 driven from the operating means, a

reciprocating feeder-carriage movable toward and away from the point of deposit, an endless feed-belt supported in the carriage, feedrolls journaled in the carriage, and a gear 24 journaled upon the carriage and geared to the feed rolls and belt and adapted to be thrown into and out of gear with the gear by the movement of the carriage, substantially as set forth.

7. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of suitable forming mechanism, means for operating the forming mechanism, a continuously-rotating gear-Wheel 25 driven therefrom, a reciprocating feeder-carriage movable toward and away from the point of deposit to the forming mechanism, rollers 5 j ournaled in the carriage, an endless belt 7 supported upon the rollers 5, the worm-Wheel 36 and gear 37 on shaft of one roller 5, the smooth feed-roll 8 also journaled in the feed-carriage and provided with a gear 38 meshing with the gear 37, a feed-roll 9 journaled in the carriage and provided with a Worm 31 which gears with a worm-wheel 32 carried by an inclined shaft 33 journaled in brackets 34, a worm 35 also carried by said shaft 33 and gearing with the worm-gear 36, and a gearadjacent to the discharge end of the feederoperating the feeder, a tamping device car-' ried by the feeder, means for operating the tamping device,a forming-apron, and a forming and wrapper-applyin g roller, as specified.

11. In a cigarette-1nachine,the combination of a feeding device, an arched rolling-table, an apron supported above the table and having one end secured to one end of the table, the rock-arms keyed to shaft 56 and supporting the other end of the apron, the rockarms 70, the apron-roller 68 journaled in the rock-arms 70 above the table and beneath the apron, the rock-arm 76 also keyed to shaft 56, the arm carried by arms 70, and suitable means for operating rock-arms 70, substantially as set forth.

EMIL MOONELIS.

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JULIUS H. SCHMIDT, J GREEN, 

